European shares fall, Publicis slips on possible contract loss

LONDON Dec 8 (Reuters) - European shares fell in early
trading on Tuesday, with French advertising group Publicis
sliding on concerns of losing some contracts.

Shares in Publicis fell 2.9 percent. Traders attributed its
decline to a report in the Financial Times that it had lost some
U.S accounts with Procter & Gamble, while a price target
cut on Publicis' shares by analysts at Bernstein also weighed on
the stock.

Anglo American shares also fell around two percent
to feature among the top decliners in Europe after the miner
suspended its dividend for some quarters and said it will
consolidate from six to three businesses.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down
0.7 percent at 0825 GMT.

Bouygues outperformed the weaker markets to rise
more than 4 percent on a Bloomberg report that Orange
is in talks to buy some assets from Bouygues.
(Reporting by Atul Prakash; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)